Stories
- Article
The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
- Article
The evil eye and social anxiety
The ‘look’ of the evil eye is believed to bring bad luck, illness or even death. This ancient curse might be deliberate, inflicted with an envious glare, or it could be accidental, the result of undue attention or excessive praise.
- Article
Finding consolation in social isolation
Feeling isolated and anxious during the lockdowns of the last year, Tanya Perdikou found solace in reconnecting to her past and reaching out to neighbours in the present.
- In pictures
The friendly societies and healthcare
For a couple of centuries, friendly societies plugged the healthcare gap between expensive private care and charitable institutions for many thousands of people in the UK.
Catalogue
- Journals
Social welfare information series on current literature and national conferences / United Nations.
Date: -1951- Books
Exploring impact : public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research / Kristina Staley.
Staley, Kristina.Date: [2009], ©2009- Books
- Online
A comparative view of the French and English nations, in their manners, politics, and literature. By John Andrews, LL. D.
Andrews, John, 1736-1809.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
Adjustment to physical handicap and illness : a survey of the social psychology of physique and disability / by Roger G. Barker.
Barker, Roger G. (Roger Garlock), 1903-1990.Date: 1953- Books
Freud-Bashing : vom Wert und Unwert der Anti-Freud-Literatur / Thomas Köhler.
Köhler, Thomas, 1949-Date: [2016]